出家

chū jiā

Meanings

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chū jiā

1.to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun

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Wiktionary

1.to leave home to become monk or nun

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Stroke order

Components

出山

家宀豕

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Characters

Example sentences

汤姆(Tom)决定出家为僧。
Tom decided to become a monk.
汤姆(Tom)决定出家为僧。
Tom has decided to become a monk.

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

出家人半路出家

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Related words

出家人 monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)半路出家 (lit.) to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom)